As was typical of Caesar he gambled and began discreetly thinning his already depleted ranks of men then repositioned them as a fourth line to support his cavalry against the inevitable assault by the much larger Pompeian cavalry.

They stay at Luc's family home, surrounded by a beautiful vineyard where Kate learns about Luc's past and how he gambled away his vineyard birthright to his brother in a single hand of poker.

Five years later, C. C. Jordan gambled on the boom caused by World War I and opened the Treasure State Bank.

They proposed doing three seven-minute shorts per episode and four specials until the audience adjusted, but in the end, the producers gambled by asking Fox for 13 full-length episodes.

Whilst changing planes in Miami after closing down a Mexican heroin smuggling operation, British Secret Service operative, James Bond is asked by Junius Du Pont, a rich American businessman ( whom he briefly met and gambled with in Casino Royale ), to watch Auric Goldfinger, with whom Du Pont is playing Canasta in order to discover if he is cheating.

Industrialist John Pierpont Morgan gambled at Monte Carlo and bought 18th century paintings by Fragonard in Grasse – shipping them to the Metropolitan Museum in New York.

While Emperor Jing was crown prince, Liu Pi's heir apparent Liu Xian ( 劉賢 ) had been on an official visit to the capital Chang ' an, and they gambled together by playing the liubo board game ( heavily tied to divination and predictions of the future ).

But by agreeing to a relocated damsite near Lee's Ferry, between Glen and Grand Canyons, Brower did not realize what he had gambled away.

Rinus Michels gambled on Rensenbrink's fitness and played him from start – however he only lasted until half-time and was replaced by René van de Kerkhof.

The game was played and gambled over by King Henry VIII of England, who prohibited commoners from playing ; evidently he did not always win, as the record of royal expenses for 1532 show a payment from the Privy Purse of GB £ 9, ' Paied to my lord Wylliam for that he wanne of the kinges grace at shovillaborde ' ( contemporary spelling: ' Paid to Lord William, for he won, by the king's grace, at shovelboard ').

One night, he ended up in a Gotham City casino, where he gambled everything he owned and ended up losing it all to the Penguin ; afterwards he saw that his life was empty, driven by desire, and there was no point to his existence.

In an uncharacteristically bold move, Herman Starr effectively gambled the future of the company by approving what was reputed to be the first million-dollar contract in music history, which guaranteed the Everly Brothers $ 525, 000 against an escalating royalty rate of up to 7 percent, well above the industry standard of the day.

Some CIA co-workers noted suspicious behavior concerns Chin's lifestyle did not match up with what a CIA salary could afford, but this was dismissed largely by friends and co-workers who gambled with Chin and would occasionally see him indeed win at gambling.

Sims earned a fortune from his productive endeavours but had gambled most of it away by the time of his death.

He reported earnings of nearly £ 150, 000 in 1898, but he gambled most of his wealth away, or gave it to charities, by the time of his death.

Before his conversion, he often smoked marijuana and gambled, activities forbidden by the NOI.

The new Joker was so successful that Barry and Enright gambled on reviving a show whose reputation had been somewhat damaged by the ancient quiz show scandal.

The Australian captain Jack Blackham then gambled by calling on Trott's often inaccurate bowling.

Michael Vaughan then gambled, by enforcing the follow-on on the visitors ( the first time Australia had followed on in 17 years ).

Kenny humiliates the Rebel by winning and taking the gambled winnings for his own.

Michael Vaughan then gambled, by enforcing the follow-on on the visitors ( the first time Australia had followed on in 17 years ).

Others such as Michael Scot gambled their souls by attending Scholomance, the school of black magic.

This was taken as a direct challenge by the previous hegemonic power, the Spartans, who gambled on restoring their waning ascendancy by a decisive defeat of the Thebans.

Fine Gael, having gambled that former Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald would run as its candidate ( even though he had insisted for two years that he would not run for office ) then approached another senior figure, Peter Barry, who had previously been willing to run but had run out of patience and was no longer interested.

Hitler had gambled incorrectly that France and Britain would allow him to annex parts of Poland without military reaction.

Charles gambled everything that ‘ Abd-al-Raḥmân would in the end feel compelled to give battle, and to go on and loot Tours.

He gambled that a fifth year would further improve the economy and allow him to be re-elected in 1979, and so attempted to hold pay rises to 5 % or less.

Some historians argue that his success was inevitable given the decisive importance of monarchical power ; others argue that the king gambled on Pitt and that both would have failed but for a run of good fortune.

The English had gambled that the crews of the many new Dutch ships of the line would not have been fully trained yet but were deceived in their hopes: they lost ten ships, with slightly over 1, 000 men killed including two Vice-Admirals, Sir Christopher Myngs and Sir William Berkeley, while about 2000 English were taken prisoner.

I was a fresh new journalist, and needed a nom de guerre ; so I confiscated the ancient mariner's discarded one, and have done my best to make it remain what it was in his hands – a sign and symbol and warrant that whatever is found in its company may be gambled on as being the petrified truth ; how I have succeeded, it would not be modest in me to say.

Izetbegović appears to have gambled that the international community would send a peacekeeping force upon recognising Bosnia in order to prevent a war, but this did not happen.

He gambled on Britain not getting involved but was unsure how France would react.

Holden gambled that the predicted increase of oil prices during this era would drive consumers to choose smaller, more fuel-efficient cars, but the oil price rise never materialised, whilst Ford dealers aggressively pitched the Cortina 6 against the Commodore alternative until the XD Falcon arrived in 1979.

Mac Murchada gambled that Ruaidrí would not hurt the Leinster hostages which he had ( including Mac Murchada's eldest son, Conchobar Mac Murchada ).

The staff gambled that a weekly angling publication would be a hit-and in 1953 Angling Times was born.

He would warn contestants that if they gambled and lost, all they would receive was their " BFH: Bus Fare Home ".

Kirk explains that he knew that Bob Wesley would not fire, because he gambled on his humanity.

However, he gambled the rain would stop and therefore did not need to change to rain tyres.

He gambled that there would not be anyone to contradict his evasions and that government investigators would not be able to charge him with perjury.

He has gambled on football, chess, the future, whether he could skip school, and even on the day that Mr. Belding's baby would be born.

The high command under Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff increasingly controlled the Reich as they gambled on one last offensive in spring 1918 ( before the Americans could arrive in force ).

In August 1989, three years after he retired as an active player, Rose agreed to permanent ineligibility from baseball amidst accusations that he gambled on baseball games while playing for and managing the Reds, including claims that he bet on his own team.

While John of Gaunt had gambled on an early decisive battle, the Castilians were in no hurry to join battle, and he began to experience difficulties keeping his army together and paying it.

Clemenceau believed, in the words of Jean Ybarnégaray, that Caillaux's crime " was not to have believed in victory to have gambled on his nation's defeat ".

A number of Major League teams scouted Valenzuela during this time, but it was the Los Angeles Dodgers who finally gambled on the young lefty, buying out his Liga contract on July 6, 1979, for $ 120, 000.

But, in both World War I and World War II, Germany successfully gambled on making a rapid passage through the Ardennes to attack a relatively lightly defended part of France.

" Jesus is labeled the King of Israel on his cross and his clothes are divided and gambled over.

These include " Lottery Shops ", where money is gambled on item prizes, and " Boo Houses ", where Boo is paid to steal either coins or a star from an opponent.

That year, with attendance at half the 1946 level, Twentieth Century-Fox gambled on an unproven gimmick.

The Tories however refused to serve and gambled everything on an election, which they lost.

* August 24 – Following an investigation that he gambled on baseball, superstar player Pete Rose is banned from baseball for life.

: I gambled on what mattered most, the dice were cast.

He never smoked, drank, or went to the movies, but frequently gambled on horse races during his career.

The Prince frequently gambled, racking up exorbitant debts, losing, on one occasion, 150, 000 crowns.

He never gambled or placed a bet on any of his horses.

Mytton was an enthusiastic dog-fighter and gambled on the outcome of fights between bulldogs, mastiffs and terriers.